SmilingMonkey
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Does anyone have any experience with the LEHR propane outboards? Specifically either the 5 HP or the 9.9 HP?
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Not too late at all. I still haven't bought the outboard yet
I'm not a fan of LP powered engines based on what little I know. A typical gallon of 87octane gas you by at the gas station contains +-125,000 BTU's of energy. Lp gas contains +-91,200 BTU's of energy. That means for a gallon of LP gas you only get 73% of the BTU's of energy that you get with a gallon of gas from the service station.
if you look at the cost of LP per gallon you will find if I am correct in most all places I've ever seen LP sold that the cost is considerably higher per gallon. They sell it by pound so it's harder for the typical consumer to compute the numbers and there less likely to know the difference. To me it's comparing apples to oranges. There are some other differences and issues with both but that's a quick blip on the subject.
Im sure you can go find out a lot more pros & cons but for me the cons have the lead in this case.